NCEES honors Dr. David L. Whitman

September 26, 2012

NCEES honors Wyoming
professional engineer David Whitman for serviceNCEES, News ReleaseNina NorrisDirector of Public Affairs

David Whitman, Ph.D., P.E., of Laramie, Wyoming, has
been awarded the NCEES Distinguished Service Award for his dedicated service to
the engineering and surveying professions.
Whitman received the honor at the organization’s 91st annual
meeting, held August 22-25, 2012, in St. Louis, Missouri. The award was the second recognition for his
contributions to the professions this year: he received the NCEES Western Zone
Distinguished Service Award in May.

Whitman has been a member of the Wyoming Board of
Registration for Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors since
2001, serving as board chair for the past six years. His many contributions to NCEES include
serving as vice president of its Western Zone in 2006-2008 and as president in
2009-10. He has also been an important
voice in encouraging engineering schools to use the FE exam as a tool for
assessing student performance.

A licensed professional engineer since 1981, Whitman
is a professor in the department of electrical computer engineering and a
former associate dean for academics at the University of Wyoming. He is a member of the Wyoming Engineering
Society, the American Society for Engineering Education, the National Society
of Professional Engineers, IEEE, and the Mortar Board honor society.

ABOUT
NCEESThe National Council of Examiners for
Engineering and Surveying is made up of engineering and surveying licensing
boards from all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and
the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since its
founding in 1920, NCEES has been committed to advancing licensure for engineers
and surveyors in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
American public.

NCEES
helps its member licensing boards carry out their duties to regulate the
professions of engineering and surveying.
It develops best-practice models for state licensure laws and
regulations and promotes uniformity among the states. It develops and administers the exams used
for engineering and surveying licensure throughout the country. It also provides service to help licensed
engineers and surveyors practice their professions in other U.S. states and
territories.